2026 Q3 · metro rank 56 of 263
Roof replacement cost in Janesville-Beloit
An architectural shingle roof in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro costs $527 per square installed on the 2026 Q3 Roof Cost Index: +5.4% against the Wisconsin figure of $500 and +5.4% against the US typical of $500. Roofers here earn a mean $30.25/hour (median $30.44, about 70 employed), BLS May 2025. For a whole roof: an architectural shingle roof on a 2,000 sq ft single-story home (6/12 pitch, one layer torn off, permit and dumpster included) costs $13,285 to $24,045 here, typical $18,625.
All materials in Janesville-Beloit
| Material | Low | Typical | High | US typical | vs US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural shingles | $425 | $527 | $629 | $500 | +5.4% |
| 3-tab shingles | $296 | $376 | $455 | $355 | +5.8% |
| Standing seam metal | $941 | $1,303 | $1,666 | $1,250 | +4.3% |
| Metal panel | $533 | $949 | $1,366 | $900 | +5.5% |
| Tile | $741 | $1,891 | $3,040 | $1,800 | +5.0% |
| Slate | $1,033 | $2,074 | $3,115 | $2,000 | +3.7% |
| Flat membrane | $266 | $502 | $737 | $475 | +5.6% |
This page is generated from the 2026 Q3 Index for the BLS metropolitan statistical area "Janesville-Beloit, WI" (area code 27500). State rank for Wisconsin: 19 of 51. Methodology.
Roofing conditions in Janesville-Beloit
Housing age. The median home in the Janesville-Beloit, WI metro was built in 1970, older than the median metro in the Index (1982). 64.8% of homes were built before 1980 and 16.3% in 2000 or later; 71% of occupied homes are owner-occupied. Roof age, not house age, sets the replacement date.
Hail. NOAA's Storm Events database logged 43 county hail reports across the metro's 1 county from 2021 to 2025 (4 in 2021, 9 in 2022, 2 in 2023, 10 in 2024, 18 in 2025), rank 90 of 263 metros. From January 2021 to June 2026, 45 reports were stones of 1 inch or larger, and the largest was 2.75 inches. Most reports came from Rock, Wisconsin (53). After a hail storm, read the roof insurance claim guide and how hail damages a roof.
Sources: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county hail reports 2021 to June 30, 2026); U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year estimates 2020-2024, tables B25035, B25034 and B25003; counties per OMB July 2023 metro definitions.
Other Wisconsin metros
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington $599/sq
- Duluth $574/sq
- Racine-Mount Pleasant $530/sq
- Green Bay $510/sq
- Appleton $510/sq
- Madison $509/sq
- Sheboygan $505/sq
- Milwaukee-Waukesha $502/sq
- Oshkosh-Neenah $496/sq
- Eau Claire $471/sq
Metros with a similar cost
- Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA $529/sq · rank 53
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA $529/sq · rank 54
- Jefferson City, MO $527/sq · rank 55
- Manchester-Nashua, NH $526/sq · rank 57
- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA $526/sq · rank 58
- Fresno, CA $525/sq · rank 59
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Estimate a roof in Janesville-Beloit
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